OPINION: What we can do to save the lives of infants

10:41 PM,
Jan. 5, 2014

Written by

Ryan Adcock

Cincinnati, we can do better. Year after year, too many babies in our community die before their first birthday. In just the first 10 months of 2013, we lost 78 babies in Hamilton County. That means that for every 1,000 babies born in our county, 8.7 haven't lived to age 1. Cincinnati's rate is even higher at 10.6 deaths for every 1,000 births.

If the trend continues through the end of the year, it will be a slight improvement over last year's rate. But, when we compare ourselves to the national rate of just over 6, it is clear we still have a long way to go. The only acceptable goal is that every child born ...